Account Manager, Taste

Title: Account Manager,Taste\n\nLocation: Lagos, Nigeria\n\nDSM-Firmenich Nigeria is seeking a dynamic and results-oriented Account Manager Taste to join our team in Lagos. \nIn this pivotal role, you\u2019ll drive B2B revenue growth by managing and expanding strategic accounts across the food, beverage, and flavor industries in West \u0026 Central Africa. As the primary point of contact in the sales process, you\u2019ll lead customer engagement, generate new business opportunities, and influence order creation\u2014ensuring the achievement of key performance indicators while cultivating long-term, high-value relationships. This is a unique opportunity to shape the future of taste innovation in a fast-growing market.\n\nYour Key Responsibilities:\n\n * Define account objectives, develop strategy and implement through an account plan, build a sales budget and monitor sales \u0026 profitability vs budget\n * Develop successful working relationships with existing \u0026 new clients to establish dsm-firmenich as their key partner to obtain briefs for profitable business\n * Lead proactive projects with clients and accurately brief creation and development teams\n * Define accurate pricing and margin parameters for projects, manage projects in systems, and drive towards best possible solution for dsm-firmenich \u0026 its clients\n\n\n * Share visit reports and client information and feedback with management as required\n * Oversee entire value chain \u2013 product life cycle management, demand planning, customer care and supply chain to ensure highest customer satisfaction\n\n\n\nWe offer:\n\n * Entry to the exciting and inspiring world of perfumes and taste\n * A culture that values diversity where people are at the heart of the company\n * The opportunity to work for a company that cares about the environment and sets and achieves ambitious sustainability objectives\n * Flexibility in working hours\n * A dynamic working environment\n * Competitive benefits\n\n\n\nYou Bring:\n\n * A bachelor\u2019s degree or equivalent (Business Administration, Economics, Marketing or Science)\n * 3-5 years of flavour sales experience\n * Excellent business acumen in the Flavour industry or similar and advanced sales \u0026 negotiation skills\n * Continuous improvement mindset and able to contribute to team success\n * Excellent English, both written and verbal; Good French, both written and verbal.\n * Extensive travel in West Africa required\n\n\n\nAbout dsm-firmenich:\n\nAt dsm-firmenich, we don\u2019t just meet expectations \u2013 we go beyond them. \n\nJoin our global team powered by science, creativity, and a shared purpose: to bring progress to life.\n\nFrom elevating health to making fortified food and sustainable skincare, the impact of your work here will be felt by millions \u2013 every single day. Whether it\u2019s fragrance that helps you focus, alternative meat that\u2019s better for the planet, or reducing sugar without losing flavor, this is where you help shape the future of nutrition, health, and beauty for everyone, everywhere.\n\nAnd while you\u2019re making a difference, we\u2019ll make sure you\u2019re growing too. With learning that never stops, a culture that lifts you up and the freedom to move across businesses, teams, and borders. Your voice matters here. And your ideas? They\u2019re essential to our future. \n\nBecause real progress only happens when we go beyond, together.\n\nThe application process: \nInterested in this position? Please apply on-line by uploading your resume in English via our career portal. \n\nInclusion, belonging and equal opportunity statement \nAt dsm-firmenich, we believe being a force for good starts with the way we treat each other. When people feel supported, included, and free to be themselves, they do their best work \u2013 and that\u2019s exactly the kind of culture we\u2019re building. A place where opportunity is truly equal, authenticity is celebrated, and everyone has the chance to grow, contribute, and feel they belong. \nWe\u2019re proud to be an equal opportunity employer, and we\u2019re serious about making our hiring process as fair and inclusive as possible. From inclusive language and diverse interview panels to thoughtful sourcing, we\u2019re committed to reflecting the world we serve. \nWe welcome candidates from all backgrounds \u2014 no matter your gender, ethnicity, sexual orientation, or anything else that makes you, you. \nAnd if you have a disability or need any support through the application process, we\u2019re here to help \u2013 just let us know what you need, and we\u2019ll do everything we can to make it work.\n\nAgency statement \nWe\u2019re managing this search directly at dsm-firmenich. If you\u2019re applying as an individual, we\u2019d love to hear from you. We\u2019re not accepting agency submissions or proposals involving fees or commissions for this role.\n